Baggage-marker.



No. 888,528. PATENTBD MAY 26. 1908.

E. s. PHILLIPS.-

' BAGGAGE MARKER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1907.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

EDWARD S. PHILLIPS, OF BASIN, MONTANA.

BAGGAGE-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,187.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. PHILLIPS, citizen of the United States, residing at Basin, in the county of Jefferson and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage-Markers, of which the following is a specification.

It will also be observed that the edges of the outer thickness of the clamping plate 3 are bentrearwardly to embrace the inner thickness of the said plate as indicated at 7. A lateral extension 8 projects from one end of the clamping plate 3 and serves as a means for connecting a link or strap to the baggage The present invention relates to a novel l marker by means of which the latter can be means for securlng address slips to baggage and the like, one of the objects of the invention being to provide an article of this character comprising a pair of hinged plates and embodying novel means for locking the plates together.

The invention also aims to so design the baggage marker that it can be readily formed from sheet material and therefore manufact'ured and placed upon the market at a comparatively small cost.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved baggage marker. Fig.2 is a plan view of the marker in an open position, a portion of the rivets holding the cover plate being broken away and the cover plate being swung around to disclose the spring catch. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 1-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the address slip.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated 1 in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Broadly speaking the dress slip 2, and a clamping plate 3 hinged to the base plate 1 and formed with a central opening 4 through which the address upon the slip 2 is clearly visible, a spring catch 5 being employed to normally hold the two plates in a locked position.

Referring specifically to the preferred 1 formation of the clamping plate 3 as shown in the drawings, it will be observed that the same is formed by folding a piece of sheet material back upon itself, the folded edge i being enlarged to receive the pintle 6 and cut away to form the usual hinge joint.

readily attached to the desired. article. The base plate 1 is also formed by folding a piece of sheet material upon itself, and the inner thickness of the said base'plate is cut away at a point adjacent the swinging edge thereof to form a recess 9 which receives the spring catch 5. Fitting over the inner face of the base plate 1 is a cover plate 10 the recess 9 and in the present instance is shown as having the permanent address of the owner stamped thereon. This cover plate may be secured to the base plate by any suitable means such as the rivets 17. The spring catch 5 which is located within the re cess 9 has one end thereof pivoted at 11, while the opposite or swinging end carries the laterally extending nose 12 which operates within an opening 13 in the cover p ate 10 and enters an opening 14 in the clamping plate 3 to lock the two plates in a closed position. A U-shape-spring 15 is also housed within the recess 9 and serves to hold the spring catch 5 normally in an operative position, one of the arms of .the said U-shape spring bearing against a side wall of the recess, while the opposite arm bears against the swinging end of the catch 5.

In applying the address slip 2 to the baggage marker the said slip is placed upon the base plate 1 in such a manner as to be pierced by the nose 12 of the catch which tends to prevent any lateral displacement of the slip baggage marker and loosely connects the same to the base comprises a base plate 1 receiving the ad plate.

The clam ing plate 3 is then folded against the base p ate and the spring catch 5 caused to enter the opening 14: therein. In order to prevent the nose of the catch from accidentally released a guard plate 16 is secured to the outer face of the clamping plate 3 and formed with a notch or cut away portion which surrounds the said nose of the catch.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A baggage marker comprising a base plate, a catch carried by the base plate, and a which closes engaging with extraneous articles and being clamping plate formed by doubling a piece of sheet metal, the folded edge of the clamping plate being hinged to the base plate while the hinged to the base plate and designed to engage the spring catch.

device of the character described comprising a base plate formed by folding a piece of sheet material back upon itself, one I of the thicknesses of sheet material being out away to form a recess, a catch having one end thereof pivotally mounted Within the recess, while the opposite end carries a laterally pro- I j ectingnose, a U-shape spring member located within the recess and normally holding the clamping catch upon the base plate.

2. A baggage marker comprising a base plate, a catch carried by the base plate, a clamping plate formed by doubling a piece of sheet metal, the folded edge of the clamping plate being hinged to the base plate, while I the remaining edges of one thickness are bent I to embrace the opposite thickness, the said clamping plate being adapted to engage the catch upon the base plate, and a lateral extension upon one end of the clamping plate, for the purpose specified.

3. A baggage marker comprising a base plate formed by doubling a piece of sheet material upon itself, one of the thicknesses being cut away to form a recess, a spring catch mounted within the recess, a cover plate closing the recess, and a clamping plate 1 EDVARD S. PHILLIPS. [In s.]

Witnesses:

J. H. RULE, GEO. N. OSBORNE. 

